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International Bulletin on Youth Research 2/2016
The new issue of IBYR is now online. You can download it clicking on the image below:
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Youth, Change, and Social Agency
ISA RC34 and ISA RC47 conference April 26th to 28th 2017, in Bethlehem University, Bethlehem, Palestine Call for papers Deadline for receiving proposals: January 30th 2017 Young people shape the futures of their society. They envision, plan, challenge practices and present new perspectives. Youth as actors face however many challenges. This international conference…
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Youth unemployment in Europe: Causes and consequences
Call for Papers (Reminder) . Background In the first years after leaving school, young people are exposed to unemployment to a remarkably higher degree than adults in later periods of their employment career. In addition, whether they are under risk of entering unemployment and what their chances are of exiting unemployment depend on individual characteristics…
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meta-journal.net – call for papers #9
Youth Editors: Christoph H. Schwarz, Anika Oettler Publication date: Fall 2017 The uprisings of 2011 challenged many predominant concepts of ‘youth’ in the MENA region. Before, young people were often merely discussed as a ‘youth bulge’ – a demographic, quantitative problem, even a potential terrorist threat. In other stereotypical representations, youths and young adults…
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The gender gap in international student mobility
Call for papers Research panel organised at the 14th IMISCOE Annual Conference Rotterdam, the Netherlands, 28-30 June 2017 Organizers: Christof Van Mol, Yvonne Riaño & Parvati Raghuram Over the past decades, international student mobility and migration (hereafter ISM) significantly increased. Interestingly, in Europe and the United States, female students are more likely to study…
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Knowledge Workers’ Educational and Professional Trajectories
Mariano Longo & Maurizio Merico (Eds) ISSN 2035-4983 Italian Journal of Sociology of Education, vol. 8, n. 3 Padova University Press This special issue of the Italian Journal of Sociology of Education is devoted to the presentation of case studies aimed at analysing “Knowledge workers’ educational and professional trajectories” in Southern Italy. In particular,…
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6 Doctoral Positions in History and Sociology
Bielefeld Graduate School in History and Sociology, Germany Applications: November 30, 2016 The BGHS is offering six doctoral positions to begin 1 April 2017. A full description of the open positions is available here. Applications should be submitted to the online application portal no later than 30 November 2016. 30 Nov.2016 Deadline…
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Contemporary Social Science: Investigating Youth in Challenging and Troubled Contexts
Deadline: 5 December 2016 Guest Editors: Charalambos Tsekeris and Lily Stylianoudi In recent years, many social scientists have explored young people’s lives and transitions, considering such matters as social exclusion, disempowerment and disenchantment, as well as promoting effective interventions, strategies and innovations through policy. These have taken account of issues of gender, race, ethnicity, sexuality, disability,…
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FeesMustFall: Student Revolt, Decolonisation and Governance in South Africa
Susan Booysen (ed.) EAN: 978-1-86814-985-8 (978-1-86814-987-2; 978-1-86814-986-5) Wits University Press, 2016 FeesMustFall: Student Revolt, Decolonisation and Governance in South Africa dissects the influence of the days of the 2015 student that shook the government and would be repeated in 2016. The book’s reflections represent a snapshot in time, reflecting on a segment of the overall…
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Understanding Social Justice in Rural Education
Hernán Cuervo ISBN 978-1-137-50515-6 – 978-1-137-50514-9 Palgrave Macmillan, 2016 “With a level of breadth and depth that is rare in educational research, Cuervo insightfully weaves together three bodies of literature—namely, rural schooling, neoliberalism and education, and social justice—to foreground this important new study about the state’s neglect of rural schooling in Australia. Scholars and…